Sharp County record., 1887-07-07
BIT THE DUST.

An Attempt to Arrest Craig rolliVer anu
His Gang in Rowan County, ky'' LeSus
IN Fight in Which the Iolii'erS We"
About Exterminated-The Peopie NJ"
Breathe Easier ,,
MoprpEID, XIV. June 23.-About nall
mast eight O'CLOCK yesterday morning
determined men to the NUMBER Oh one
hundred and sixty, all armed with WIN
chester repeating rifles, came inIo More-
head under charge of Sheriff Hogge 10
serve a warrant on Craig TolllV9r, cnarS-
inc him with false swearing IN issuing
warrants for the arrest Of the Logan
hovs. killed several weeks ago. AS one
of the sheriff's posse was crossing .ho
railroad near the water tank, aoouI nAOy
wards east of the Raines Cottage no'ei'
and before any attempt had been mauo "
serve the warrant, Craig Tolllver Wno
was near the hotel, saw him ana nreu
at him. The man lodged oehlnu
nile of lumber, and Tolliver and MS t"o
cousins, Bud and Jay Tolliver, and hiram
Cooner went into the hotel and 0arrlcau-
cd the doors and windows. Iuen Une
posse came up under cover OF the orusn
bebind the hotel and Immediately openeu
fire upon the building. The house was
soon surrounded, but at something Oh
distance. as none of the sherlHS 5 men
cared to get within range OF tne ueauiy
guns the Tollivers knew so well now W
USE After the firing had been KepC up
| for probably three quarters OF an nour'
the Tolliver men attempted to leave the
hotel and cross the railroad to another
| hotel on the opposite SIDE "hlle
making this foolhariy attempI
the notorious leader Of the gang when
| has been such a terror to Rowan county,
fell to the ground pierced by lour o"lls
| from the deadly Winchesters OF the am
| bushed posse, two of the bullets gong
| through his head and two through MS
| breast. The others got to the opposlVe
house and fought the posse for some UlIie'
| but finding the place less secure lhaU Ihoy
| had expected, they made an atUempC u
| re-cross the railroad to their old poslUIou.
| In this they were unsuccessful, Tor al
| three of them fell riddled with rifle oaIls'
| After ascertaining that no more resist
! ance would be offered, the pOssee picked
IN the dead men and placed them on the
! floor of the porch of the Cottage Hotel
! Investigation showed that only one OF
the sheriff's posse was wounded ana
| that was DR.. Brown, who received an
! ugly flesh wound in the thigh. The hght
ing was kept up for two hours. During
! the firing the utmost CONSERVATION pre-
| vailed among the women and chlldreh'
| who ran from their houses and rushed 10
| the depot, hoping thereby to escape ID
bullets. The passenger train, when Is
! due here at one O. clock, was delayed lol
| two and half hours on account OF inc
| shooting, as the fight began just as the
engineer whistled for Morehead. The
sheriff sent a detail of men to stop the
| train, but the engineer, hearing the RAPID
firing brought the train to stand
still before reaching the outsKlrH
of the town. After the fight was over
the engineer was permitted to run his
train into the depot, when it was imme
diatelv boarded by a number OF the
sheriff's men armed with their WIN
chesters. Ladies screamed and feW
tainted, while many Of the men had oush
ness outside. The posse, however, care
fully searched the train for one OF the
Tolliver gang they thought had escaped
Catesby Tolliver, boy and brother tc
Craig, had hole shot through the leg ol
his pants. The posse was composed ol
the best men in Rowan County. They ap
peared to be hard working farmers, and
we're all sober, earnest looking men.
Every body in Morehead seems glad the
ToIlivers are exterminated, and people
will now breathe easier This gang IS
dangerous organization and the people Of
Rowan County will feel safer when they
are entirely exterminated.
Catesby Tolliver was captured Just as
he had wounded Bud Mannin, one OF the
posse, in the leg with pistol ball from
big pistol he was shooting. He had also
been wounded slightly in the side.
kilograms were sent to Lexington last
night for four collins and four suits OF
clothes in which to bury the dead men.
During the Tolliver Martin feud, which
has extended over a period Of more than
three years, the following men have been
killed: Solomon Bradley John Bradley,
Whit Pattrev, B. Candell, Sheriff Baum
garten, Marion Keaton, John Davis,
Davis, Wiley Tolliver, John B. Logan, w.
H. Logan, and one other, besides the four
men killed yesterday.